Dust-pan holder



(No Model.) D. H. MURPHY.

DUST PAN HOLDER. No. 340,146. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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UNITE STATES DANIEL H. MURPHY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

DUST-PAN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,146, dated April 20, 1886.

Application filed June 15, 1885. Serial No. 168,676. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. MURPHY, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust-Pan Holders, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a side view of a dust-pan with my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, illustrating the methodof holding the pan. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of my improved holder. The full lines in this view show the parts in position for attachment to a dust-pan, and the dotted lines show the position of the parts when secured to the pan and held together by the clip.

My invention relates to the ordinary dustpan, the use of which requires the user to bend over in order to hold the pan properly on the floor for the reception of the dust and dirt swept into it; and my invention consists of an improved device which, when secured to a dust-pan, affordsa rigid and convenient means for holding the pan upon the floor or moving it along the floor by inserting the foot of the user within the holder, as more particularly hereinafter described. g

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a dust-pan of ordinary material and construction, having the ordinary handle, b.

The lettercdenotes one form of my improved holder, that is made of wire bent to shape with the base a,- c", the branch turned up from the base and ending in a loop, 0 that is of proper size and shape to fit closely about the top and sides of the handle b at its junction with the back of the pan; and 0 the clamping-arms which arise from the back end of the base and turn forward so as to form between the base and these arms a loop or space, (1, of suitable shape to embrace the foot of a person. These arms 0 end in curved jaws 0, adapted to grasp the handle of the pan, and they are held closed v by means of the open link or hook 6. This 1 hook is preferably securedto one of the arms,

in Fig. 3 in full lines, the holder 0 is attached to the pan by thrusting the handle between its sides, from below the base 0, until the loop bears on the top of the handle. The jaws are then closed upon the handle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and held there by means of the link, which is made to clasp both arms, and is slid into a position near the handle, as shown.

My improved holder is preferably so made that when it is attached to a dust-pan the back end of the base will rest upon the floor, as shown in Fig. 1, with the front end raised from the floor in such position that when it is pressed down by the foot of the user it will hold the front edge of the pan firmly upon the floor. This method of using the pan is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, where the foot of the user is shown in dotted outline.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a dust-pan with a loop or prop on the back for 7c use in holding a pan with the foot, as such device is shown in United States Letters Patent to Kramer, October 19, 1875, No. 168,839, and in patent to \Vickersham, July 15, 1884, No. 302,075, and such devices I do not broadly claim; but the particular feature of my improvement consists in making a removable holder that bears means for ready attachment to the dust-pans in ordinary use, which holder has the essential features of foot-loop, base, and device for clamping to the pan.

I am aware that it is not new to make a removable dust-pan holder composed of a stirrup in which the foot may be inserted, and having clamping-jaws which embrace the handle of a dust-pan, as such device is shown in United States Letters Patent to WV. WV. Squier, dated February 2, 1886, No. 335,545, and such I do not broadly claim.

The main features of my improvement reside in the use of the upright arm or loop for attachment to the pan and the clamping-arms that open and close in a plane transversely of the foot-receiving space d, such a construction enabling the holder to be readily formed 5 to shape, as by bending from wire, and secured to the dust-pan with the foot-receiving loop in the most convenient position for holding the pan in use-that is, with the pan turned toward either side of the foot, sucha too position being the one best adapted to receive by the latter arms are caused to grasp the han- :0 the dust in the motion of sweeping. dle of the pan, and the whole device detacha- I claim as my inventionbly secured thereto, all substantially as de As an improved article of manufacture, a scribed.

5 dust-pan holder formed of Wire bent to shape of a foot-receiving frame with a base, the upright arm or loop rising from the base and adapted to engage the pan, the clamping-arms, also rising from'the base, and the clamp, where- DANIEL H. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. BURDETT, H. R. WILLIAMS. 

